Displacement Transmissibility Characteristics of Harmonically Base Excited Damper Isolators with Mixed Viscous Damping by Xiaojuan Sun, Jianrun Zhang

“…In this paper, performance characteristics of single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) linear-stiffness isolators with mixed and piecewise mixed viscous damping are analytically examined under harmonic base excitation. …”
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Voters’ attitudes towards political parties’ communication: the case of Diepsloot voters in Gauteng, South Africa by Trevor Hlungwani, Siyasanga Tyali

“…The research focused on the African National Congress (ANC), the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). These parties were the top three when it came to electoral support in South Africa when this study was carried out. …”
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Development of adaptive mechanisms of budget planning in the field of marketing activities in a turbulent economic environment by A. A. Sazonov, M. V. Sazonova

“…The article is devoted to the development of complex adaptation mechanisms in the field of financial planning of the organisation of marketing activities in a turbulent economic model, in which large economic systems have a certain asymmetry of the relationship between the dynamics of the growth of the size of the economy and the transformation of degrees of freedom within the organisation of economic activity. …”
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Seismic Response and Evaluation of SDOF Self-Centering Friction Damping Braces Subjected to Several Earthquake Ground Motions by Jong Wan Hu, Myung-Hyun Noh

“…The configuration and response mechanism of self-centering friction damping brace systems are firstly described in this study, and then parametric investigations are conducted through nonlinear time-history analyses performed on numerical single degree-of-freedom spring models. After observing analysis results, adequate design methodologies that optimally account for recentering capability and energy dissipation according to their comparative parameters are intended to be suggested in order to take advantage of energy capacity and to minimize residual deformation simultaneously.…”
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Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation by Hybrid Qubits with Bosonic Cat Code and Single Photons by Jaehak Lee, Nuri Kang, Seok-Hyung Lee, Hyunseok Jeong, Liang Jiang, Seung-Woo Lee

“…Hybridizing different degrees of freedom or physical platforms potentially offers various advantages in building scalable quantum architectures. …”
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THE NEW WORLD INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ORDER DEBATE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA by BECKY ADE ALIEGBA

“…UNESCO’s presence needs to be felt on the astronomical cost of production inputs and the massive technology disruptions, privacy violation by government or by powerful media houses, proscription of press freedom and the protection of the human rights of journalist. …”
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Kommunikasie·aantekeninge oor die Suid-Afrikaanse verkiesing by IMLLEM DE KLERK

“…The following statements: that the process was carried by political expectations about the election and not so much by the administration and organisation thereof; that State information must be completely divorced from the political party in power; and that a law in respect of freedom of information is essential. The election campaign is discussed from the perspective of policy communication, political rhetoric, propaganda techniques, the advertising campaign and the way in which the media handled the election. …”
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Resistance of conductive FFF 3D printed compounds based on thermoplastic elastomers under repeated strain by Alexandra Glogowsky, Michael Korger, Sofie Huysman, Maike Rabe

“…The ease of design modifications, a high degree of design freedom and the structural functionality of 3D printing make it an attractive technology for the rapidly evolving field of smart textiles which is still being explored for its full potential regarding functionalities. …”
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VLADIVOSTOK STUDENTS' VALUE SYSTEM by Oksana O. Martynenko, Olga A. Korotina

“…On the other hand, the priority of values, concerning personal life, health, safety, self-development and self-improvement can be set, whereas social values such as democracy improvement, freedom growth, more humane society, active civic position of young people are less important. …”
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Design Criteria of Soft Exogloves for Hand Rehabilitation-Assistance Tasks by Juana-Mariel Dávila-Vilchis, Juan C. Ávila-Vilchis, Adriana H. Vilchis-González, LAZ-Avilés

“…Additionally, this study provides a detailed description of each system that was analysed including application, functional task, palm design, actuation type, assistance mode, degrees of freedom (DOF), target fingers, motions, material, weight, force, pressure (only for fluids), control strategy, and assessment. …”
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The Renewal of the Twenty Years in Theater: Revisions Based on The Danton Case by Stanisława Przybyszewska from 2008 by Katarzyna Fazan

“…This makes it possible to bring to the fore not the monumental theater of Leon Schiller, built on Polish Romanticism as a continuation of the freedom tradition, but on a program of rejected – both in the 1930s and during the communist period – leftist ideas, important for socio-cultural progress. …”
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Of Human Bondage and the Question of Free Will by Mahinur Akşehir Uygur

“…The novel’s protagonist, Philip, who struggles with this bondage that surrounds him like an alien power that comes from within, as Maugham describes it, becomes the object of this discussion of human freedom or imprisonment carried out by Spinoza and other seventeenth and eighteenth century philosophers such as Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes and David Hume. …”
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Design and analysis of modular pneumatic soft crawling robots by YIN Hongfei, LÜ Yuedong, SONG Xiaojuan

“…ObjectiveThe modular soft robot has high flexibility and unlimited degrees of freedom in theory, and can adapt to various complex environments and task requirements. …”
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A Hypothesis Concerning a Potential Involvement of Ceramide in Apoptosis and Acantholysis Induced by Pemphigus Autoantibodies by Wendy B. Bollag

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Psychoanalytic conceptual framework: a critical review of creativity in modeling inquiry training by Zaenal Sukawi, Ahmad Khoiri, Sri Haryanto, Denok Sunarsi

“…Based on data analysis that: 1) student creativity can be explored through a psychoanalytic approach that expresses new ideas with students' intellectual freedom in the form of inquiry and problem-solving skills in their own way; 2) Creativity is based on Guilford's creative person who is built by conscious and unconscious efforts on neuroscience which gives rise to motivation, energy, ego to do creative ideas; 3) Different ways of creative students become important factors in determining discovery learning models. creativity is part of a personality that is encouraged to be creative if indeed they cannot meet sexual needs directly. …”
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Peculiarities of general cultural and political values transformation in Russia by B. S. Nevolin, V. F. Nitsevich

“…The results of the study show that the values accepted as traditional and the values identified by respondents as significant coincide in such positions as justice, human rights, freedom, patriotism, morality, collectivism, and mutual aid. …”
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Vibration Suppression of Bolter Miner Employing Dynamic Vibration Absorber by Ang Li, Bukang Wang, Teng Wang, Zhifu Guo, Zhaokun Yan

“…In order to reduce the vibration response of the bolter miner, this paper proposes the installation of a dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) inside the cutting arm of the bolter miner. A five-degree-of-freedom dynamics model was developed, and the cutting part was regarded as two rigid bodies flexibly connected by a rotating spring. …”
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Use of Response Surface Metamodels for Identification of Stiffness and Damping Coefficients in a Simple Dynamic System by A.C. Rutherford, D.J. Inman, G. Park, F.M. Hemez

“…Response surface metamodels are used in this work to perform parameter identification of a simple five degree of freedom system, motivated by their low training requirements and ease of use. …”
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Sujeição e agência em situações de violência contra as mulheres: trajetórias de superação e ressignificação by Érika Nunes de Medeiros Ferreira Borges, Eliane Gonçalves

“…The notion of subjectivity as agency and not only as a subjection leads to the possibility, at least in some contexts, of resistance and freedom of action. It is about this dyad, subjection/agency related to the issue of violence against women, this article aims to deal with.…”
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Essop Pahad by Letlhokwa Mpedi

“…Such was the often silent struggle that happened parallel to the struggle for freedom. Though this was an immensely politically active time for him, it was also incredibly taxing. …”
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